Modeling primary atomization

M Gorokhovski, M Herrmann - Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech., 2008 - annualreviews.org
This review concerns recent progress in primary atomization modeling. The numerical
approaches based on direct simulation are described first. Although direct numerical …

A balanced-force algorithm for continuous and sharp interfacial surface tension models within a volume tracking framework

MM Francois, SJ Cummins, ED Dendy… - Journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
A new balanced-force algorithm is presented for modeling interfacial flow with surface
tension. The algorithm is characterized by a pressure-correction method with the interfaces …

Second-order accurate volume-of-fluid algorithms for tracking material interfaces

JE Pilliod Jr, EG Puckett - Journal of Computational Physics, 2004 - Elsevier
We introduce two new volume-of-fluid interface reconstruction algorithms and compare the
accuracy of these algorithms to four other widely used volume-of-fluid interface …

A second order coupled level set and volume-of-fluid method for computing growth and collapse of vapor bubbles

M Sussman - Journal of Computational Physics, 2003 - Elsevier
We present a coupled level set/volume-of-fluid method for computing growth and collapse of
vapor bubbles. The liquid is assumed incompressible and the vapor is assumed to have …

Estimating curvature from volume fractions

SJ Cummins, MM Francois, DB Kothe - Computers & structures, 2005 - Elsevier
An interface represented by discrete, abruptly-varying volume fractions poses particular
challenges for the accurate estimation of interfacial curvature. Most approaches within a …

A sharp interface method for incompressible two-phase flows

M Sussman, KM Smith, MY Hussaini, M Ohta… - Journal of computational …, 2007 - Elsevier
We present a sharp interface method for computing incompressible immiscible two-phase
flows. It couples the level-set and volume-of-fluid techniques and retains their advantages …

Phase-field modeling of complex interface dynamics in drop-laden turbulence

A Roccon, F Zonta, A Soldati - Physical Review Fluids, 2023 - APS
Turbulent flows laden with large, deformable drops are ubiquitous in nature and in a wide
range of industrial processes. Prediction of the interactions between drops, which deform …

A volume of fluid method based on multidimensional advection and spline interface reconstruction

J López, J Hernández, P Gómez, F Faura - Journal of Computational …, 2004 - Elsevier
A new volume of fluid method for tracking two-dimensional interfaces is presented. The
method involves a multidimensional advection algorithm based on the use of edge-matched …

A coupled level set-moment of fluid method for incompressible two-phase flows

M Jemison, E Loch, M Sussman, M Shashkov… - Journal of Scientific …, 2013 - Springer
A coupled level set and moment of fluid method (CLSMOF) is described for computing
solutions to incompressible two-phase flows. The local piecewise linear interface …

A mesh-decoupled height function method for computing interface curvature

M Owkes, O Desjardins - Journal of Computational Physics, 2015 - Elsevier
In this paper, a mesh-decoupled height function method is proposed and tested. The method
is based on computing height functions within columns that are not aligned with the …